Richard Wilson KC and Dakis Hagen KC featured among Spear’s Magazine ‘the best tax and trust barristers in 2025’

Serle Court is proud to announce that Richard Wilson KC and Dakis Hagen KC have been featured among the best tax and trust barristers in 2025 as part of an annual Spear's Magazine #SpearsIndex listing.

As Spear's appropriately highlights, “the best tax and trust barristers featured in the Spear’s index are not just advocates in court, but serve as strategic partners helping clients preserve and structure their wealth amid sweeping policy change and global instability. They can untangle complex matters involving trust and estate disputes, planning, charitable trusts, Court of Protection matters and much else besides, on behalf of their (U)HNW clientele.”

The full list can be found here.

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Described by The Legal 500 as “one of the stars of his generation”, Richard Wilson KC specialises in litigation, drafting and advisory work across traditional and commercial chancery. His practice focuses on trusts and probate, both contentious and non-contentious, related company and partnership law, claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, tax, professional negligence and civil fraud.

Richard has acted in many of the most significant and high-value cases in these areas in recent years. He is currently involved in several disputes concerning the estates of ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWIs) in England and overseas.

His practice frequently involves offshore matters and private international law. He has appeared before the Privy Council, the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal of Gibraltar, the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal of Bermuda, the Supreme Court of The Bahamas, the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, and the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court and Court of Appeal. He has also provided expert evidence on English law before the Royal Courts of Jersey and Guernsey.

Richard regularly acts in disputes across all the principal offshore jurisdictions. A significant proportion of his practice involves international clients, particularly those based in Asia, including Hong Kong.